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The State Department recently directed nonemergency U.S. government employees and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia amid the threat from the Houthis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The plan aims to tackle the high number of young people not in education, employment or training once they leave school, the paper explains.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
This family has endured tragedies — Josie’s sister died when she was very young, which prompted Josie’s father to leave the family — but Josie feels a kinship with Klara over her mother’s objections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
This time, however, his mom stuck around — though she did warn him that she’d give him a tap if she wanted to leave.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Once they arrive in Manila, the captain tells the passengers to leave their luggage on board and find a place to stay in the city on the off chance the Grant is attacked while docked.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
As one severely ill baby leaves, another arrives.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
No one leaves with a degree, and there is only so much teaching that organizers can pack into a few days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The robust quarterly performance leaves the group well-placed for the end of the year, analyst Cedric Rossi at Stifel wrote following the update.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Costly maintenance fees eat into workplace retirement accounts with balances of less than $7,000 when an employee leaves a company.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
A few moments after the maid leaves a new figure is approaching through the glass door—a boy several years younger than I am, thirteen or fourteen, pale and sallow-cheeked.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Curly Leafed Collards: Those curly leaved varieties Smith mentions can make them look more like kale than the large, smooth leaves we typically think of with collards.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2023
“As soon as all the trees leaved out, I was like, ‘I’m staying forever,’” she said of spring’s recent start, singing those last few words in a soprano vibrato.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
Want to try out this delicately leaved vine?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2020
The etchings’ chief subject is nature’s bounty and mysteriousness, manifest in big, densely leaved trees and densely treed hillsides.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2013
The benches right at the water were all full, but one beneath a sparsely leaved young tree was empty.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
He was too scared to take off his blindfold and remove any shield pieces from the faithfuls, leaving the dirty work - and all the risk - to fellow traitors Maya Jama and King Kenny.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
As investors vacillate between favoring one group or the other, the constant back-and-forth is leaving some with a painful case of whiplash, said Dan Farley, chief investment officer for U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Among the people leaving are two members of Weil’s management committee, appellate lawyer Drew Tulumelo and securities litigation partner Caroline Zalka, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Bianna Golodryga, a longtime international anchor and senior global affairs analyst for CNN, is leaving the network.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
It had all been in the dream—all of us leaving Haarlem, unable to turn back.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
In the opening match, against Pakistan, dropped catches and poor strokes left them well beaten in a contest they could have won.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Bridges wrote that she flipped him off as she left and that he learned she was the mayor of Kerman after reviewing the video footage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
About 75% of British households rely on natural gas for heating and hot water, not to mention the needs of what’s left of British industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
It is understood that the news of the closure came via email and those without email addresses were left unaware.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Two thicker logs are left near the wagon for breakfast at first light.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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